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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Artoomis" data-source="post: 294467" data-attributes="member: 111">For the most fun, I think one should take the intelligence from some deceased person, especially if the sword has a special purpose.  Certainly, no semiempathic sword should have all these powers - a sword with all these powers should have a mind of its own and the possibility of EGO problems. As it exists, the EGO of this weapon is:4 (for +4)2 (for 2 primary powers)4 (for 2 extraordinary powers)4 (for special purpose)For a total of 18.Plus it should be at the table position of "99" for three primary abilities (one of which gets transformed into a special purpose) and two extraordinary abilities (I read the table wrong earlier, the price I gave should be 22,000 less, or 191,315, and it's not minor artifact status, merely extremely rare.)Thus it should normally be able to Read Languages and Read Magic, each worth +1 EGO.  I 'd also expect some stat bonuses (2d6 + 11 for two, 3d6 for one), let's say a total of +5, for +5 to EGOSo, normally, we'd expect an EGO of about 25 for this weapon, and for it to always consider itsefl superior to its weilder.Thus, anytime the weilder does not agree with the sword, a personality conflcit would occur - a WILL save vs. DC 25Without the increased mental stats, there might be no personality conflicts at all - taking away a major role-playing aspect of this weapon.   Accoridng to the rules, you only get personality conflicts if the EGO is at least 20.In the present case, you may want to add 2 more EGO points for the double-effect special purpose power, resulting in an EGO of 20, and possible personality conflicts, which, with empathy only, could lead to all sorts of misunderstandings!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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